Heat-distributing apparatus.



ALI A. WILLIAMS.

HEAT DISTEIBUTING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED D1:o 19, 1911. 1,077,324.

Patented Nov. 4, 1913.

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L. A. WILLIAMS.

HEAT DISTRIBUTING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION HLED 1130.19, 1911.

1,077,324, A Patented NOVA, 1913.

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HEAT-DISTRIBUTING APPARATUS.

plants for distributing an even heat to the plant to cure the tobaccocontained therein.

The invention embodies, among other features, a device which when usedin connection with a tobacco curing plant, is arranged so that the heatproducing elements of the stove will be normally disposed within thestructure of the plant, the said elements being movable eXteriorly topermit of cleaning various parts of the stove and adjusting the wicks.

For the purpose mentioned, use is made of a tank provided with a trackon which is mounted to slide a burner provided with a draft hood, thementioned burner being movable to slide within a structure adapted tocontain tobacco, which is to be cured by' the action of heat, the saidhood terminating in a flue for slidable connection with a heating pipe,a series of wicks mounted on the burner and depending into a iiuidcontained in the said tank and means for adjusting the said wicks, asuitable damper being provided on the mentioned hood for controllingvthe draft-to the said flue and said` heating pipe.

In the further disclosure of the invention, reference is to be had tothel accompanying drawings constituting a part of this specification, inwhich similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in allthe views, and in which- Figure 1 is a vertical transverse sectionalview of a superstructure for curing tobacco, my device being shown inside elevation in connection therewith. Fig. 2gis a diagrammatic planview of the structure disclosed in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side elevation ofthe heat distributing apparatus. Fig. 4 is an end view. Fig. 5 is avertical transverse sectional view of the heat distributing apparatus.Fig. 6 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view taken on the line 6-6in Fig. 5.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 19, 19111.

Serial N o. 668,749.

Referring more particularly to the views, l vprovide a superstructure10, having mounted therein a series of rafters 11 on which rows oftobacco leaves l2 are mounted, the mentioned tobacco leaves beingarranged opening 14. A track 15 is mounted on the tank 13, to surroundthe opening 14 therein, the mentioned track being secured to the tank 13by means of suitable thumb screws 16. `Mounted to slide horizontally. onthe track 15 is a burner frame 17 having side extension plates 18thereof provided with draft openings 19, suitable thumb screws 2O beingthreadedly mounted on the track 15 to engage the burner frame 17, the

Vsaid thumb screws 2O when screwed up on the track being adapted toretain the burner frame rigidly on the track. A series of openings 21are provided in a wick casing 17a of the burner frame 17 and mounted'therein are wicks 22, the said wicks being mounted to extend throughthe opening 14 land depend in the uid contained in the tank 13. Rods 23are jo-urnaled in the fburner frame 17, the said rods being Vpro- .videdwithy exterior handles 24 and rigidly mount-eden the rods are toothedwheels 25, vadapted to engage thewicks 22 for adjust- Qing the wicks toincrease or decrease the height of the iiame, this construction andarra-n, ;ement being old and well known in the ordinary oil lamps nowgenerally used. Mounted to swing on the burner frame 17 is a hood. 26,the said hood being adapted to normally inclose the upper part of theburner frame of the free end retainedv in engagement with theburnerframe by suitable thumb screws 27. The front or exposed end of thehood 26 has mounted to swing thereon a closure 28 provided with a seriesof draft openings 29 and mounted to slide in a side of the closure 28 isa damper 30, provided with an eXteriorly arranged handle 31. The otherend of the hood 26 terminates in a converging flue 32 Patented Nov. 4,1913.

of the hood adapted for slidable engagement with a heating pipe 33,mounted within the superstructure 1() and connected with an exit flue34, extending outwardly through the rear of the superstructure 10 tocarry off the waste gases. The burner frame 17 is mounted on the track15 to extend approximately one-half its length and when the burner frameis moved to its innermost posit-ion relatively to the track, a coverplate 35, provided with a filling opening 36, is slidably mounted on thetrack to close that portion of the opening 14,V which is not covered bythe burner 17, the inner end of the cover plate being adapted to beengaged by the outer end of the burner frame, thus limiting the slidingmovement of the burner frame, the said cover plate being retained inengagement with the track by a thumb screw 37, and the filling opening36 of the said cover plate being normally closed by a cap 38. 1

In the use of my device, assuming that the burner frame is in theposition shown in Fig. 1, the cap 38 is first removed from the coverplate 35 and a quantity of oil or other combustible fluid is pouredthrough the filling opening 36, into the tank 13, after which the cap 3Sis remounted upon the cover plate 35. The thumb screw 37 is disengagedfrom the track 15 and the cover plate 35 can then be slid outwardly,thus providing suflicient room on the track to permit of sliding theburner frame 17 outwardly so that the inner end of the burner frame willlie outside of the wall of the superstructure. The hood 26 can now beswung upwardly by removing the thumb screws 27 or the closure 28 can beswung upwardly for the purpose of igniting the wicks 22, which normallyproject upwardly a distance beyond the upper end of the burner frame 17.After this has been accomplished the wicks are adjusted by operating thehandles 211 and when the hood 26 or closure 28 has been returned to itsnormal position, the burner frame is slid inwardly on the track, to theposition shown in F 1, the extreme end of the flue 32 being adapted toslidably engage the heating pipe 33 and the cover plate 35 is thenreturned to its normal position and rigidly held in place by the thumbscrew 37. rlhus it will be seen that the heat produced in the hood 26will, by the action of the draft created by the draft openings 19 andthe openings 29, pass out of the hood, through the flue 32 and into theheating pipe 33, from which the heat will radiate, while the burnt gaseswill pass outwardly through the exit flue 34, the heat which radiatesoutwardly from the hood 36 and the heating pipe 33, vwithin thesuperstructure 10, being adapted to cure the tobacco leaves 12 mountedon the rafters 11, within the superstructure. It will be further seenthat when it is desired to clean or repair theburner frame or end of theadjacent parts thereof, the mentioned burner frame can be slid outwardlyto a position eXteriorly of the superstructure and by swinging the hood26 into open position the operator can d trim the wicks 22 and clean orrepair various parts of the device.

In a large number of tobacco curing plants now in general use, thetobacco contained in the superstructure is cured by heat produced bywood burning stoves and with a plant of this kind it is not onlynecessary to supply the stoves with new fuel at frequent intervals, butit is found difficult to properly regulate and control the supply ofheat to the superstructure. With my `device, when the wicks and damperhave once been adjusted an even degree of heat can be produced by thestove and the stove will not require the care and attention that arerequired in the use of the above-mentioned wood burning stoves.

Although I have only described one of my stoves, in Figs. 1 and 2 Idisclose double heating systems, arranged to accommodate two stoves,positioned at both ends of the superstructure, the inner ends of theheating pipes terminating in the common exit flue.

I claim 1. A heat distributing apparatus comprising a tank forcontaining liquid fuel, av

track on the tank, a burner frame slidable on the track and having wicksdepending in the tank, a hood on the burner frame, and a radiator pipehaving connection with the said hood, the 4said hood being movable intoand out of engagement with the radiator pipe.

2. A heat distributing apparatus comprising a tank adapted to contain aliquid fuel,

a burner frame mounted to slide on the said tank and having` wicksdepending in the said tank, a hood on the burner frame, and a radiatorpipe normally engaged by the said hood, the said hood being movable intoand out of engagement with the radiator pipe.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LUTON A. WILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

W. Gr. BARNES, M. C. SMITH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of `lE'raAzeniziil Washington, D. C.

